[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Prospect Park 4-4-1977 by Ord. No. 953, approved 4-4-1977. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all boats and boat trailers.
A vehicle or structure designed for mounting
upon a vehicle, primarily designed as a family camping or travel facility
and commonly known as a "travel trailer," a "truck-mount camper,"
or a "collapsible camping trailer."
TRAVEL TRAILERA fixed-form trailer which is pulled either by car or truck, not supplying its own motive power.
TRUCK-MOUNT TRAILERA self-contained unit which is or may be mounted upon a pickup truck.
COLLAPSIBLE CAMPING TRAILERA trailer, collapsible in nature, designed to be trailed behind another vehicle.
Also includes any motor vehicle which is so
designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by means of portable
accessories or otherwise as to permit the occupancy thereof as a temporary
or permanent dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons.
Any vehicle or structure which is or may be mounted on wheels,
with motor power or having no motor power of its own, and capable
of being used as a conveyance upon streets or highways, so designed,
constructed, reconstructed or added to by means of portable accessories
or otherwise as to permit the occupancy thereof as a temporary or
permanent dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons. "Trailers"
shall include construction trailers, mobile homes and camp cars.
A.
No person shall park or store any trailer, camper
trailer or boat in the open on any street, highway or other public
place within the Borough of Prospect Park, or on any lot or tract
of land therein, whether occupied or unoccupied, except that a trailer,
camper trailer or boat may be parked in a garage and trailers, camper
trailers and boats may be parked or stored by the owner thereof as
hereinafter set forth. No trailer, camper trailer or boat, while stored
or parked as permitted in this section, shall be occupied or used
for dwelling purposes.
B.
No person shall live in any trailer, camper trailer
or boat, and under no circumstances shall any of the same, other than
any construction trailer actually used in conjunction with construction
upon a construction site, be used for storage or for dwelling purposes,
human habitation or occupancy of any kind or nature; nor shall the
same be connected to any water main, sewer, gas, electric or other
utility. Trailers used in connection with construction shall receive
permission to park from the Building Inspector, who shall have reasonable
discretion to regulate the place of parking, use, location and length
of stay.
C.
No trailer, camper trailer or boat shall be parked
in the front yard. Where possible, trailers, camper trailers and boats
shall be parked and stored by the owner thereof in that half of the
rear yard closest to such owner's dwelling, and then only in such
fashion that no part of such trailer, camper trailer or boat shall
project beyond the outside walls of the dwelling or above the highest
point of the lowest roof thereof. No trailer, camper trailer or boat
shall be parked or stored within three feet of any property line.
D.
No vehicle, as defined by the Vehicle Code of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall be parked in any part of any front
yard required by the Development Code Ordinance[1] or any other ordinance of the Borough of Prospect Park,
except that portion of the front yard which may be construed as the
logical extension of the side yard, being in particular that area
running perpendicularly from the extreme edge or side of a structure
on the premises or a garage thereon to a street or alleyway.
E.
No trailer, camper trailer or boat shall be parked,
placed, kept or maintained on any lot or tract other than the lot
upon which the principal residence of the actual owner of the trailer
is located.
F.
Any trailer, camper trailer or boat parked or stored
in accordance with the terms of this chapter must:
Any boat, trailer or camper trailer may be parked
in a driveway from sunset to sunrise the following morning where such
boat, trailer or camper trailer is then being used for recreational
purposes.
Any person who shall violate any provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon
default of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term of not more than 30 days. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate
offense.
